Thursday, January 14, 2016

One who recognizes objective reality and deals with it accordingly creates with visionary clarity.

The worst circumstances are nonetheless actionable to such an artist. Corruption, like every element of culture, increases until it exceeds its boundaries, and thus its possibilities, then grows weak and declines, sometimes precipitously.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Engaged in the creative act, it is possible to maintain focus on the outcome.

Trace expression from aesthetic concept through emotional and intellectual evaluation, and what is significant is total effect. All else reflects the cultural climate, regardless of the degree to which any personal, subjective, and objective forces combine in composition and execution of the work.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Dictators and tyrants have always punished artists with whom they were in contention, but it is only since the twentieth century that such base, evil impulses have become pervasive in a general culture overseen by internationalist media promoting global conformity of thought.

Monday, January 11, 2016

This is transcendence: to rise beyond circumstance and obstacle, ridicule and contempt.

And this is expression, as opposed to pretension, which is defined by attachment. Attachment to the self, to recognition, and to the lesser things, wealth and personal power. These have no significance beyond themselves.

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Update August 26, 2018: Statement by Crucibulum Media & Publishing:

Issues regarding intellectual property are now settled. Works by Black Mountain School and Ghost Radio Orchestra will be available via streaming media in the near future.

Website updates are in progress. Thank you for your support and patience.

Meanwhile, CD Album orders may be made directly through PayPal, and through Amazon.com, released by Crucibulum Media & Publishing, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

Artist Approved MP3 downloads are still available for a limited time.Thank you for your continuing interest and support.

One does not ask approval to create any more than one seeks permission to live.